[OpenGLAM] [pd-discuss] All public domain material liberated by 2020?

Thu Nov 21 18:53:28 UTC 2013

well i do not think that this is such a great aspiration. in fact that is something that was formulated under the guidance of a participant from the Federation of European publishers. If these guys can promote such a aspiration then we are either aiming to low or something else is wrong (in this case the focus on liberating PD material is probably a attempt to distract Europeana and its partners from engaging in meaningful policy discussions on copyright). /paul 

On 21 Nov 2013, at 19:39, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:

> A great aspiration from Europeana:
> 
> "A goal for #Europeana: in 2020 all Public Domain material is freely available for any to re-use without any restrictions. #AllezCulture"
> https://twitter.com/Europeanaeu/status/403539329248944128
> 
> Would be great to make lots of noise about this by retweeting, sharing and responding to this suggestion! :-)
> 
> For those of you who haven't seen it (I'm sure that many/most of you have) here's the Public Domain Charter from the Europeana Foundation:
> 
> http://www.publicdomaincharter.eu/
> 
> -- 
> Jonathan Gray
> Director of Policy and Ideas  |  @jwyg
> The Open Knowledge Foundation
> Empowering through Open Knowledge
> okfn.org  |  @okfn  |  OKF on Facebook  |  Blog  |  Newsletter
> _______________________________________________
> pd-discuss mailing list
> pd-discuss at lists.okfn.org
> http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/pd-discuss
> Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/pd-discuss